Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in electronic educational technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Peru to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to be more aware of these promising new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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